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Pierre Huyghe is something of a master of ceremonies for his own art: he lays the ground, sets the scene and then lets things unfold as they will. A self-declared biology fiend and a graduate of Paris's École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, the…Read more

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As its paradoxical title cautions, an upcoming survey of contemporary painting at New York's Museum of Modern Art, "The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World," is full of contradictions. Organized by MoMA curator Laura Hoptman, the…Read more

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Basim Magdy is not afraid of color. A DayGlo palette enlivens his otherwise saturnine paintings, surreal compositions that lament bygone visions of the future. Jewel-like color effects—achieved through low-tech manipulations of film stock—add an air of…Read more

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By the time you're within a block of "Shellshock," Addie Wagenknecht's first U.S. solo show, at New York's bitforms gallery (through Dec. 7), you've already contributed to its largest work. In the nearly 16-foot-wide, wall-hung sculpture XXXX.XXX…Read more

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Combining digital image-making with motifs of mysticism, the work of artist Brenna Murphy blurs ancient traditions and the bleeding edge of technology. In her latest exhibition, at Brooklyn's American Medium (through Nov. 23), the virtual spaces in which…Read more

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Free tacos. Tecate beer. Venice Beach hipsters. Video games on cheap smartphones. A few millionaires. And Team gallery founder Jose Freire. This was the scene at the opening, earlier this fall, of Team's first exhibition space in Los Angeles. Freire…Read more

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Visitors to the Kitchen should not be alarmed by the thunderous pounding that greets them as they enter the art and performance space in Manhattan's West Chelsea neighborhood. Not to be mistaken for noise from one of the area's interminable…Read more

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Viennese Expressionist Egon Schiele was perhaps most exciting and provocative in his portraits, which are the subject of an exhibition opening today at New York's Neue Galerie. Known for portrayals of himself sporting a halo and for depictions of…Read more

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As you walk into David Kordansky's recently relocated gallery in Los Angeles, a creamy, nutty smell wallops you—the unmistakable scent of raw shea butter.It shows up throughout Rashid Johnson's show "Islands" (through Oct. 29)—each of the show's 11 works…Read more

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People who talk about art books being the last bastion of print are usually thinking, explicitly or not, of the coffee table tome. The thick stack of beautifully bound paper, heavy in one's hand, is not just a medium for displaying paintings and…Read more

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"It is not a happy show," co-curator Massimiliano Gioni said at a press preview this summer of "Here and Elsewhere," a museum-wide presentation of art "from and about the Arab world" at New York's New Museum. The remark was an understatement; the…Read more

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Best known as the Academy Award-nominated director of such films as Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, David Lynch is also a prolific painter and printmaker. Nearly 100 of his works make up a retrospective, "The Unified Field," at the Pennsylvania Academy…Read more